South Azerbaijani Activists Arrested on World Mother Language Day

According to recent reports, more than a hundred South Azerbaijani activists have been arrested by the security forces of the Iranian regime (Ettelaat) in the South Azerbaijani city of Ahar (Əhər). The peaceful group of S. Azerbaijani human rights activists had gathered on February 20 to commemorate World Mother Language Day, and to discuss the […] ...

According to recent reports, more than a hundred South Azerbaijani activists have been arrested by the security forces of the Iranian regime (Ettelaat) in the South Azerbaijani city of Ahar (Əhər).

The peaceful group of S. Azerbaijani human rights activists had gathered on February 20 to commemorate World Mother Language Day, and to discuss the current situation in Iran, where non-Persian ethnic are banned from learning their mother tongue and are forced to study Persian at schools. The security forces of the Mullah regime raided the house where the gathering occurred, and took many peaceful activists to unknown locations.